IDNO

P.99743.VH

Description

“Native village near Suva”

A Burton Brothers of Dunedin photograph, photographer Alfred Burton, 1884, taken at Suvavou village on the north shore of Suva harbour, with the Suva peninsula in the background. The colonial capital had removed to Suva in 1882. One of the women has her hair limed. Hull of a velovelo canoe at right, with a roll of gasau (Miscanthus floridulus) fish trap fencing leaning against it. [Fergus Clunie, 14/7/2003]

Physical Condition: Print mounted onto card.

Place

Oceania Polynesia; Fiji; Viti Levu; Near Suva; Suvavou

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Burton, Alfred (Burton Bros., Dunedin)

Collector / Expedition

von Hügel, Anatole (Baron)

Date

June - July 1884

Collection Name

von Hügel Collection

Source

von Hügel, Anatole (Baron)

Format

Print Black & White Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.99725.VH to P.99758.VH were in the belted folder now numbered C539/1/. This was formerly kept in paper archive Large Box G; VH1/4/5. It has now been transferred to the photo archive. The lists describing the contents of this box have been returned to the Paper Archive.

Related Image: This print or negative appears to be a unique image within the MAA Photograph Collections. [JD 8/1/2012]

This print has been catalogued with the support of the Getty Grant Fund. [A. Nadin, 4/9/2003]